. . j EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1G, 1917 ,. . .;2&J4iiAi DOCTORS TARGETS OF AUTO THIEVES Four of Seven Machines Re cently Taken Belonged to Physicians OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS Bible and Missionary Meeting of , Christian Alliance Opens Convention Physicians seem t& Imve been the bright nd FlilnlnB marks of the automobile 1 thieves the lant few clays. Persons steal ing cars for profit or simply for Joy rlilej find the medlcnl men have pretty Rood ma chines, Oulof seven cars taken four bo' longed to doctors. The car of Pr. I-ouls Chodoff, 70D I'ini irect was stolen from Tenth and Walnut .treets and recovered at Fifteenth street ana Indiana avenue. That of Dr. T. A. O'Brien 1T25 Ulrard avenue, was tnhut from Nineteenth nnd Spruce street and later recovered. Other cars stolen wore thoso of nr Theodore Plcrson, of Hopewell, N. J., uken from in front of the Majestic Hote ; TJr Vi LiOOKCF, IHHI.-I1 Hum in . i. v ,,, office at 1243 North Sixteenth street; V. F. Crosby 2302 Chestnut street, taken froi.i In front of his home; Margaret Logpn, 642 Conestoga street, taken from Sixtieth and Market streets; und the Sunbury Laundry Company, 5413 North Water street, , taken from Seventh and Walnut streets. The total valuo of the cars Is $7000, Missionary Convention Opens The Bible and Missionary meeting of the Christian nnd Missionary Alliance opened Its six-day convention In the Hebron Tab ernacle, Twentieth and Spring Garden itreets, with missionaries from many parU of the world In attendance. Miss M. A. Butterflcld. of Jerusalem, told how the Turks have hampered missionary work by military operations In Palestine. Jfo Clothes Without U. S. Order, Plan No one ought to be permitted to buy new clothing during the war without an order from the Government, according to Dr. F. S Mead, of the University of Pennsylvania, Who spoke in favor of placing a ban on luxury at the meeting of tho Sales Man agers' Club nt Kuglcr's. Hven gasoline for pleasure cars should be forbidden, he said. Every family should save at least $750 a year to lend to the nation. His remarks brought forth strong protest. ARRESTED AFTER FIERCE i BATTLE IN THE DARK Edward Donnelly, Armed With Pistol and Razor, Accused of Forcible Entry With Murderous Intent Edward Donnelly, 35 years old. of 1135 South Sixtieth streft. was held under $1000 tall for court by Magistrate Harris at the Thirtf -second street and Woodland ave nue police station today on tho charge of forcible entry with intent to murder. According to the police. Donnelly and hl.i wife, (lussie. lived at the home of Mor ris Rosenblatt. 5729 Willows avenue, u, Until about a week ago. when Donnelly was asked to leave. His wife stayed with Mrs Rosenblatt. At midnight last night. Rosenblatt, who was sleeping downstairs, was awakened by tome one raising i window. He waited till the Intruder canio Into the room anil then he and his brother Jerome gave battle to the visitor. For fifteen mlnuteti tnc thi-ij struggled, and aroused the entire neigh borhood. Donnelly held a revolver In his hand when Policeman Berrlman, of the Sixty fifth street and Woodland avenue station. Interrupted the belligerents. A rnzor was also found In Donnelly's possession when he was searched nt the station. SELL ON COST BASIS, U. S. GROCERS ARE TOLD Food Administration Makes Sugges tions to National Association. Canners Organize WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. Sell on a. cost basis rather than on market value; cut down deliveries; adopt the odd-penny sys tem. Thete were the suggestions put before the executive c nnmlttee of the National Retail Grocers' Association by food administra tion officials this nfternoon. While the grocers conferred with food tdmlnlstratlon men, representatives of the tomato-canning Industry were meeting with J, L, Nicholson, chief of the' division of eost accounting of the Federal Trade Com mission, on the prices at which canned to- matoes should be Bold to the Government for the Army and Navy. At the same time, representatives of J)7 per cent of the canning factories of the country gathered to perfect a national or tanliatlon to be known as the National Canners' Council, which will co-operato with the Government In the purchnSe of canned foods. The transportation' comnflttee of the food tdmlnlstratlon announced that It has ad justed differences between the, express com panies and oyster nnd fish shippers over a recent order by the dxpress companies, un der which, the shippers charged, they sought , to escape responsibility (or delay In reach ing me niariceis wun sea iooas. ine oasis of the adjustment was not announced. rOUNIIEII 186S The Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia Kot only what a Trust Coifipntiu dots, but how it does U, counts. FOI'RTH AND CHESTNUT HTKEETS Hanscom's prices for fine groceries are always lower than others.' IV Qualities and Sfrvic. the (lot. !?;l Market Ktrett and llranrhru Jr Electrical Headquarters for the Household Easy Payments 1719 Chestnut St. Come and Seei NOW '4 tlm time tu l l,u" Vtr Mrtent to tuli net rntln for 1018. I'lllLV. MKTJ'.K lit., 914 neil r.i, ir, mux,, nr oi-r r-lumben More "Trident." rt Thnn Any Other Make. Fountain Peh? "jju uieroini. ?.your Hand M MAKES PKI'AIHEU Allowance nn old nn w. O. NlCrlOU AflKNT X I ARTISTIC STREET CLEANERS, THESE, WHO BRUSH OFF THE BELGIAN BLOCK Union Decides It's Worth More to Sweep Around Rough oniura man smooth Asphalt, bo Demand Is Made for Differential Wage Scale There Is art In street cleaning. It re quires a more delicate touch, for Instance. o push the dirt from a Belgian block than It does to mohlllie the dirt found on the ordinary asphalt. The Belgian block has individuality. Kach block stands alone; therefore there are cracks or fissures Into which the dirt Jumps and tries to escape the street cleaners. It Is difficult to rout this dust nnd dirt' and that's where the artistic part of the work comes In. That there Is a difference between the classes of street denning Is shovAi bv de mands made by the Citizens' Street Clean FIRE CONSUMES STOCK YARDS IN KANSAS CITY Suspicious Blaze Destroys Thou sands of Cattle and Hogs. Loss Not Yet Known KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 16. Thousands of cattle and hogs .perished In u (lie which brr.ke out In tho Kansas City stockyards at 2 o'clock this morning and burned until daybreak, destroying ten acres of cattle pens and hog houses. Early estimates of the loss run as high as 10,000 cattle and 2000 hogs. Otllcials ad mitted at least 2500 head of cattlo and 1500 hogs perished, Although olllciuls said It was Impossible to make a close estimate of the monetary loss, It was believed to be close to a million dollars. Speculators in cattle were tho heaviest losers. Hundreds of head of cattle and hogs were driven from pens, ran wild In the streets and other parts of the yards, tt will be Impossible for owners to Identify their propet ty. Most of the cattle burned Wer.e stockers, the beef cattle escaping. $1300 FOR MRS. EIM'LEY Compensation Board Referee Awards Maximum to Mother of Murdered Detective Mrs. Theresa Dpplcy, widowed mother of (leorge A. Kppley, city detective slain In the "Bloody Fifth" Ward .primary elec tion murder, today was awarded $1300 for her son's death. The money, which was allow pd nt a hearing before Referee William H. Scott, of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Cotnpom. t!on Board, Is the maximum amount pos sible for Mrs. Kppley to receive. It is to be paid at the rate of $t a week for 300 weeks, with $1()0 allowance for funeral expenses. The compensation ii on a no per cent basis of Kpple s salary as lifting city detcctie The hearing was brief, no obstacle being offered to Mrs Kpplo receiving the maximum amount SPOi ':?& ::v:a:j, w..:.?m ?-i-:vf..2- ESP"5 TO THE THE WRAPPED ". :iiw iHIW'l w er Foremen's Labor League. This organiza tion has asked the city contractors to give street cleaners known ns blockmen an In crease from $1.75 to $2.25 n day and gnng men from $2 to $2.80 n day. Tho block man Is tho fellow who skims over the asphalt, while the gang man Is the worker who goes after each rectangular Belgian block. A committee has been appointed to call on the contractors regarding this matter. Incidentally, it Is well to remember that election day Is only about three weeks off. BROOKLYN LAD SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPPED IN AUTO Boy Found by Police Here De clares Three Men Stole Him From Home Yesterday A well-dressed fourteen-year-old boy, who said ho had been kidnapped by three men In an automobile and brought to this city from Brooklyn, was found exhausted and dazed from fright by the police at Klcventh street nnd Moyamcnslng avenue early to day. " , The boy gave his address as Julius Al bert, of 8732 Hay street. Hath Reach, a suburb of Brooklyn, lie said that while he was on his way homo from school yes terday nfternoon three men In an automo bile had stopped him and asked if he did not want some cigarettes. He assented, but as he reached for tho promised smokes he wns pulled Into the car, which made off at high speed. According to the lad's story, he screamed at the top of his lungs, but wns held a prisoner, nnd his captors Anally multlcd him. When the car reached Philadelphia ho escaped. Policeman Jeffries found the boy nnd brought him to the police station. Later he was turned over to City Hall detectives, who are Investigating his story. The boy said a similar attempt to kidnap him had been made more than a year ago. Appointments at City Hall City appointments today Include those of Jnines Mcllhenny, 1331 South Sixteenth sheet, messenger, Uureau of Street Clean ing, salary $840; lldward Sedcd, 2437 South Front street, and G. 12. Howard McKay. 227 ICast Tioga street, apprentices," Depart ment of Transit. $4S0; Kdwnrd II Jenkins. 2430 West Thompson street, junior assistant engineer. Department of Transit. $15n. ami I'laionre H. Graham. '.'118 Ninth I'ai lisle street. Inspector, Bureau 'f IlighwavH $120(1, and William J Miller. 778 North Twentv-third street, helpei . Huri-ju nf Fire $800 StUi ) iwrv Ywm& m mv XTu2wtf, :b: w awiS5'' s ;'.vsi,"T.. . ,':'.:.js GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND: Insure your "military against thirst and fatigue. Send him some WRIGLEY5 Early In the War the great value of 'WRIGLEYS was discovered by the Allied Armies. Books on the War. mag azine articles and correspondence to the press, tell of its use by the allied forces the comfort and refreshment it affords the "pep it inspires. FLAUOR LASTS! Jhti WRIGLEYS, MIMialAmE BRITAIN PROMISES AIR RAID REPRISAL Bonar Law Formally An nounces Coming Campaign as Parliament Opens TO BOMB GERMAN TOWNS LONDON'. Oct. 16 Formal announcement that Kngland In tends to make reprisal In kind for the Herman nlr raids over unfortified Rrltlsh towns was made In the House of Commons' by Chancellor of tho Fxchcquer Ilonar Law this afternoon. When Parliament reconvened, lifter a recess slneo vugust 21, Ronar Irfiw said the Oovcrnmcnt Intends to make air r-ilds nnd bombard German towns "as far as the military needs will releaso the necessary machines." The agitation demanding that Rrltaln make reprisals for German nlr raids grew to a national movement Into In September when during eight days thcro were five raids over and about London. The pub lic's Insistence that tho Government ndopt in "eye for eye and tooth for tooth" policy became so formldablo that open threats were made that the Lloyd George ministry would fall It such n reprisal piogr.im were not adopted. 1 ord NoTthellffo'H newspapers led in the agitation, pointing out that tho Germans never dared to raid Paris any more, being iwaro that If they did French machines would return threefold retaliation on Ger man towns. Announcement mai inc inner cm " planning reprisals has not heretofore been .uin. mill formally made, but leaders have privately ocknowledged that the re prisal policy had been fully determined upon, and tho recent reorganization of the British aviation service gave the public an Intimation that a comparative KChcme of this sort had been formulated. Heretofore the Government has maln filned that one of the reasons for the Ger man raids was the German hope that Kng land would divert a great number of ma chines from the front to do patrol duty at home thus permitting the Germans in France to regain something like an equality with the Allies in tho air at tho battle line ANYTH WJ LUMBER Doom. .Mo Midlines Colonlfil Column EE ME m w.ra .iWi'fi 1 52nd ANDWOODLANDi $)! man 722 VOfl & N. " Vf.. a ANYTHING IN I.WiiV "V CTMV'IVl weMW fflmm Receiver for Riddle Company Denied Vlca Chanr Learning In Camden yes- lerday denied the application for tho ap pointment of a receiver for tho Mary A. Rlddlo Company, of New Jersey, Pennsyl vania and Delaware, which operates In J E- CALDWELL . TABLE in complete sets for WEDDING GIFTS This Is the Job diso Laid Out For Us m TO GO into the offices where the war has taken half the available staff and has made it seemingly impos sible to get correspondence out on time. Offices where the stenographers arc busy just when they're needed. Offices that are now sending out letters inferior to the standing of the house. To go into these offices, unravel, their' snarled and tangled correspondence, and show the way to Better Letters that's our job. A big order? Yes. But we've got the Edison Dictation System back of us. It's an Edison-made system, based on the original. EDISON Dictating Machine Do you want to do some of your dicta tion at home in the evenings? Do you forget important ideas because you have no stenographer at your elbow to take them down? 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Week Only! - Not one of them has ever been of fered for sale be-' fore at any price I Not one of them was ever on our counters before this Week! $35, $30, $28 & 25 Qualities in Fall and Winter Suits in an Intensified Value Sale at $20 J They are clearly and unquestionably $25, $28, $30 and $35 values, and you'll say so when you see them! The great majority of the suits are in the $28, $30 and $35 classes. There are not many $25 grades among them. Nearly all are finished and unfinished wor steds and silk mixtures. The patterns are the solid, substantial kinds that you , are used to seeing on $28, $30 and $35 counters. J Dark worsteds with fine pinstripes, fine small checks, indistinct plaids, broad stripes; black worsteds with lines of blue and of green silk browns in novelty patterns, in delicate stripes and plaids; soft blues, deli cate shades of green, Cambridge grays both plain and in patterns a selection of woolen and worsted suits in which the variety of patterns vies with the values in the mer chandise, and all to be sold in this One Week at the one Uniform Price $20 f It's going to be a great week. Every one of these Suite sold is going to spread the news, so that by Satur- ' day there will be a con course of customers which you will do well to anticipate by coming early! Cf The opportunity to get what you want in a Suit of Clothes, for up to fifteen dollars less, than its actual worth will never, be greater than it is today I Come in Early! "V Perry&Co. N, B. T." t fi -, i j?. i "' y ,, , '4 b&Vf -1 WlKrorWattrtHift'k & WWCWEITI FSi Jlx. iUT "V teain i ,
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